Quantum-state engineering with Josephson-junction devices

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作者
Makhlin, Y
Schön, G
Shnirman, A
机构
[1] Univ Karlsruhe, Inst Theoret Festkorperphys, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
[2] LD Landau Theoret Phys Inst, Moscow 117940, Russia
[3] Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Inst Nanotechnol, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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10.1103/RevModPhys.73.357
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Quantum-state engineering, i.e., active control over the coherent dynamics of suitable quantum-mechanical systems, has become a fascinating prospect of modern physics. With concepts developed in atomic and molecular physics and in the context of NMR, the field has been stimulated further by the perspectives of quantum computation and communication. Low-capacitance Josephson tunneling junctions offer a promising way to realize quantum bits (qubits) for quantum information processing, The article reviews the properties of these devices and the practical and fundamental obstacles to their use. Two kinds of device have been proposed, based on either charge or phase (flux) degrees of freedom. Single- and two-qubit quantum manipulations can be controlled by gate voltages in one case and by magnetic fields in the other case. Both kinds of device can be fabricated with present technology. In flux qubit devices, an important milestone, the observation of superpositions of different flux states in the system eigenstates, has been achieved. The Josephson charge qubit has even demonstrated coherent superpositions of states readable in the time domain. There are two major problems that must be solved before these devices can be used for quantum information processing. One must have a long phase coherence time, which requires that external sources of dephasing be minimized. The review discusses relevant parameters and provides estimates of the decoherence time. Another problem is in the readout of the final state of the system. This issue is illustrated with a possible realization by a single-electron transistor capacitively coupled to the Josephson device, but general properties of measuring devices are also discussed. Finally, the review describes how the basic physical manipulations on an ideal device can be combined to perform useful operations.
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